DALRY BURNS CLUB
68th Anniversary
MDCCCXCIII
List of Toasts Proposed
I. The Queen, The Prince and Princess of Wales and Both Houses of Parliament |
The Chairman |
Song. "God bless the Prince of Wales" |
Mr Thomson |
II. The Army, Navy and Reserve Forces |
Mr Patrick |
Reply by Captain Gow |
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Song. "Red, white, and blue" |
Mr Thomson |
Song. "Rule, Britannia" |
Mr Cameron |
III. The Immortal Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
Song. "There was a lad was born in Kyle" |
Mr Mitchell |
Song. "The Leather Botel" |
Mr Kirkhope |
IV. The Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
Song. "O' a' the airts" |
Mr Thomson |
Song. "Morag's Fairy Glen" |
Mr Gordon |
V. Deceased Members Special reference was made to the death of Mr David Brown, and it was unanimously agreed that a tribute to his memory should be inserted in "The Cairn". |
Mr McCosh |
Song. "I'm wearing awa', Jean" |
Mr Thomson |
VI. Dramatic Literature, with Shakespeare |
Mr Aitken |
Song. "Bonnie wood o' Craigielea" |
Mr Geo Willison |
Song. "Do ye min' o' lang syne?" |
Mr Graham |
Duet. "All's Well" |
Messrs Mitchell & Thomson |
VII. The Burns Clubs, all the world over |
Mr John Gow |
Song. "Gloomy winter's noo awa'" |
Mr Cameron |
Recitation. "The Haggis" |
Mr Allan |
Song. "The Saucy Maid" |
Mr Blair |
Song. "Sweet Afton" |
Mr Cameron |
VIII. English Poets with Tennyson |
Mr Allan |
Song. "The Pilgrim Fathers" |
Mr Cameron |
Recitation. "The Cottar's Saturday Night" |
Mr Samuel Taylor |
IX. The Song Writers |
Mr Hamilton |
Song. "Mary Morrison" |
Mr Thomson |
X. American Poets, with Lowell |
Mr Kirkhope |
Song. "England, the Home for me" |
Mr Mitchell |
XI. The Young Members |
The Chairman |
Reply |
Mr Graham |
Song. "Loudon's bonnie woods and braes" |
Mr Cameron |
XII. The Visitors |
Mr Comrie |
Reply by Mr Taylor |
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XIII. The Haggis-Maker, Mrs Willison of Easterhill |
The Chairman |
XIV. "The Chairman" by the Croupier and "The Croupier" by the Chairman brought a highly interesting Meeting to a close. |
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Members Present
Robert B Gow, Kirkland House (Chairman) |
David Johnston (Croupier) |
Daniel Cameron |
Alexander Comrie |
Archibald Blair |
Andrew C Patrick |
William Logan |
John Fulton |
John Gordon |
William Thomson |
John Howie |
William Mitchell |
Andrew Aitken |
George Willison |
George Kirkhope |
Dr Blair |
Roderick McDonald |
John Paton |
Dugald Paton |
John H Hamilton |
Archibald Gray |
Alex Y Allan |
James M McCosh |
Robert Fulton |
John Gow |
New Member |
James Graham |
Visitors |
Samuel Taylor & John Wilson, friends of Mr Geo. Willison |
26 Members